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List of French dukedoms

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This is a list of ducal titles created by the monarchs of France. See also French nobility, Dukes in France, Peerage of France, List of French peers, List of French peerages.

Title Date of Creation Family Current Status Notes
Duke of Vasconia (Gascony) 602 Gradually merged with Aquitaine Passed to the Ramnulfids 1053, to Plantagenet 1152, to Lancaster 1390
Duke of Toulouse 778 Wilhelmide Extinct 850
Duke of Ponthieu 793 Ponthieu Extinct 844
Duke of Septimania 817 Wilhelmide Extinct 844
Duke of Aquitaine (Guyenne) 778 Forfeit 1453 Passed to Ramnulfids 852, to Auvergne 893, back to Ramnulfids 927, to Rouergue 932, to Robertians 955, to Ramnulfids 962, to Plantagenet 1152, to Lancaster 1390
Duke of Burgundy 918 Bosonids Extinct 1361 Passed to the Robertians 956, to Burgundy in 1032
Duke of Brittany 936 Nantes Merged in the Crown 1532 Contested by Rennes in 958, passed to Rennes in 990, to Cornouaille 1066, Penthièvre 1156, Plantagenet 1181, Thouars 1203, Dreux 1221, contested by Blois and Montfort 1341, passed to Montfort 1365
Duke of the Franks 936 Robertians Merged in the Crown 987
Duke of Normandy 996 Normandy Forfeit 1204 Passed to Blois 1135, to Plantagenet 1144
Duke of Narbonne 1088 Toulouse Extinct 1249
Duke of Reims 12th century (Episcopal) Extinct 1801
Duke of Laon 12th century (Episcopal) Extinct 1801
Duke of Langres 12th century (Episcopal) Extinct 1801
Duke of Bourbon 1327 Bourbon Forfeit 1527  
Duke of Normandy 1332 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1350  
Duke of Orléans 1344 Royal family Extinct 1376  
Duke of Bar 1354 Bar, Anjou, Lorraine Returned to the Crown 1766  
Duke of Normandy 1355 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1364  
Duke of Anjou 1356 Royal family Extinct 1481  
Duke of Auvergne 1360 Royal family Extinct 1521  
Duke of Berry 1360 Royal family Extinct 1416  
Duke of Touraine 1360 Royal family Exchanged 1363  
Duke of Burgundy 1363 Royal family Annexed by the Crown 1477  
Duke of Touraine 1386 Royal family Exchanged 1392  
Duke of Orléans 1392 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1498  
Duke of Guyenne 1392 Royal family Extinct 1400  
Duke of Guyenne 1400 Royal family Exchanged 1416  
Duke of Touraine 1401 Royal family Extinct 1416  
Duke of Alençon 1404 Alençon Extinct 1525 Forfeit 1458–1461, 1474–1476 and 1482–1483
Duke of Nemours 1404 Évreux Extinct 1503  
Duke of Valois 1406 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1498  
Duke of Berry 1416 Royal family Extinct 1416  
Duke of Touraine 1416 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1422  
Duke of Berry 1417 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1422  
Duke of Touraine 1423 Douglas Extinct 1440  
Duke of Normandy 1436 Royal family Extinct 1436  
Duke of Guyenne 1436 Royal family Extinct 1436  
Duke of Berry 1461 Royal family Exchanged 1461  
Duke of Normandy 1465 Royal family Exchanged 1469  
Duke of Guyenne 1469 Royal family Extinct 1474  
Duke of Valois 1498 Angoulême Merged in the Crown 1515  
Duke of Valentinois 1498 Borgia Returned to the Crown before 1548  
Duke of Longueville 1505 Orléans Extinct 1694  
Duke of Nemours 1507 Foix Extinct 1512  
Duke of Nemours 1515 Medici/Savoie Extinct 1524  
Duchess of Angoulême 1515 Savoie
Duchess of Anjou 1515 Savoie Extinct 1531  
Duke of Vendôme 1515 Bourbon Merged in the Crown 1589  
Duke of Châtellerault 1515 Bourbon-Montpensier Forfeit 1527  
Duchess of Valois 1516 Orléans Extinct 1520  
Duchess of Berry 1517 Royal family Extinct 1549  
Duke of Roannais 1519 Gouffier Extinct 1519  
Duke of Nemours 1524 Savoie Extinct 1652  
Duke of Dunois 1525 Orléans-Longueville Extinct 1537  
Duchess of Bourbon 1527 Savoie Extinct 1532  
Duchess of Châtellerault 1527 Savoie Given away 1530  
Duchess of Auvergne 1528 Savoie Extinct 1532  
Duke of Guise 1528 Lorraine Extinct 1688  
Duke of Chartres 1528 Royal Family, Este, Savoie-Nemours Redeemed by the Crown 1623  
Duchess of Châtellerault 1530 Savoie Extinct 1532  
Duke of Estouteville 1537 Estouteville, Bourbon-Saint-Pôl, Orléans-Longueville, Goyon de Matignon, Grimaldi Extinct 1949 Used as subsidiary title for Prince of Monaco
Duke of Étampes 1537 Pisseleu/Brosse Extinct 1565  
Duke of Nevers 1539 Albret, Cleves, Gonzaga Sold 1659  
Duke of Orléans 1540 Royal family Extinct 1545  
Duke of Angoulême 1540 Royal family Extinct 1545  
Duke of Châtellerault 1540 Royal family Extinct 1545  
Duke of Beaumont-le-Vicomte 1543 Alençon, Bourbon-Vendôme Merged in the Crown 1589  
Duke of Bourbon 1544 Royal family Extinct 1545  
Duke of Aumale 1547 Lorraine-Guise Extinct 1631  
Duke of Châtellerault 1548 Hamilton Forfeit 1559 Restored and extended in 1864, extinct 1895
Duchess of Valentinois 1548 Poitiers Extinct 1566  
Duchess of Berry 1550 Royal family Extinct 1574  
Duke of Albret 1550 Albret, Bourbon-Vendôme Merged in the Crown 1589  
Duke of Montmorency 1551 Montmorency Forfeit 1632  
Duke of Chevreuse 1555 Lorraine Sold 1655  
Duke of Albret 1556 Albret, Bourbon Merged in the Crown 1589  
Duke of Beaupréau 1562 Scépeaux Extinct 1565  
Duke of Thouars 1563 La Trémoille Extinct 1933  
Duke of Granville 1563 Bourbon-Vendôme Extinct 1590  
Duchess of Châtellerault 1563 de France Exchanged 1582  
Duke of Roannais 1566 Gouffier Sold 1667  
Duke of Enghien 1566 Bourbon-Condé Extinct 1569  
Duke of Anjou 1566 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1574  
Duke of Bourbon 1566 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1547  
Duke of Alençon 1566 Royal family Extinct 1584  
Duke of Château-Thierry 1566 Royal family Extinct 1584  
Duke of Auvergne 1569 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1574  
Duke of Penthièvre 1569 Luxembourg, Lorraine, Bourbon-Vendôme Extinct 1687  
Duke of Évreux 1569 Royal family Extinct 1584  
Duke of Mercœur 1569 Lorraine Extinct 1712  
Duke of Montargis 1570 Royal Family, Este, Lorraine Sold 1612?  
Duke of Uzès 1572 Crussol Extant  
Duke of Mayenne 1573 Lorraine-Guise, Gonzaga Sold 1654 Used as subsidiary title for Prince of Monaco
Duke of Saint-Fargeau 1574 Bourbon-Montpensier Extinct 1693  
Duke of Anjou 1576 Royal family Extinct 1584  
Duke of Touraine 1576 Royal family Extinct 1584  
Duke of Berry 1576 Royal family Extinct 1584  
Duke of Ventadour 1578 Lévis Extinct 1717  
Duke of Joyeuse 1581 Joyeuse, Lorraine-Guise Extinct 1675  
Duke of Piney 1581 Luxembourg, Albert, Clermont, Montmorency-Luxembourg Extinct 1861  
Duke of Epernon 1581 Nogaret de La Valette Extinct 1661  
Duke of Elbeuf 1581 Lorraine Extinct 1825  
Duke of Retz 1581 Gondi Resigned 1634  
Duke of Rethel 1581 Gonzaga Sold 1658  
Duke of Angoulême 1582 Poitiers Extinct 1619  
Duke of Châtellerault 1583 Bourbon-Montpensier, Orléans Extinct 1693  
Duke of Hallwin 1588 Hallwin Extinct 1611  
Duke of Montbazon 1588 Rohan Extinct 1593  
Duke of Ventadour 1589 Lévis Extinct 1717  
Duke of Montbazon 1595 Rohan Extant  
Duke of Beaufort 1597 Estrées, Bourbon-Vendôme Sold 1688  
Duke of Vendôme 1598 Bourbon Extinct 1712  
Duke of Biron 1598 Gontaut Forfeit 1602  
Duke of Thouars 1599 La Trémoille Extinct 1933  
Duke of Aiguillon 1600 Lorraine-Mayenne Extinct 1621  
Duke of Rohan 1603 Rohan extinct 1638  
Duke of Sully 1606 Béthune extinct 1807  
Duke of Fronsac 1608 Orléans-Longueville Extinct 1631  
Duchess of Montpensier 1608 Bourbon, Orléans Extinct 1693  
Duke of Damville 1610 Montmorency Extinct 1632  
Duke of Hallwin 1611 Hallwin Extinct 1620  
Duke of Châteauroux 1616 Bourbon-Condé Extinct 1830  
Duke of Angoulême 1619 Valois Extinct 1653  
Duke of Luynes 1619 Albert Extant  
Duke of Lesdiguières 1620 Bonne, Créquy extinct 1711  
Duke of Bellegarde 1620 Saint-Lary extinct 1646  
Duke of Brissac 1620 Cossé Extant  
Duke of La Rocheguyon 1621 Silly Extinct 1628  
Duke of Chaulnes 1621 Albert d'Ailly Extinct 1698  
Duke of Hallwin 1621 Hallwin, Schomberg Extinct 1656  
Duke of Candale 1621 Nogaret de La Valette Extinct 1639  
Duke of La Valette 1622 Nogaret de La Valette Extinct 1661  
Duke of Orléans 1626 Royal family Extinct 1660  
Duke of Chartres 1626 Royal family Extinct 1660  
Duke of Chevreuse 1627 Lorraine-Guise Sold 1655  
Duke of Villars 1627 Brancas Extinct 1858  
Duke of Valois 1630 Royal family Extinct 1660  
Duchess of Aumale 1631 Lorraine Extinct 1638  
Duke of Richelieu 1631 Plessis, Vignerot, La Chapelle-Jumilhac Extinct 1952  
Duc de La Rochefoucauld 1631 La Rochefoucauld Extant  
Duke of Montmorency 1633 Bourbon-Condé Merged in the Crown in 1830 Title changed to Duke of Enghien in 1689
Duke of Retz 1634 Gondy Extinct 1676  
Duke of Fronsac 1634 Plessis, Maillé-Brézé, Bourbon-Condé, Vignerot Extinct 1822  
Duke of Aiguillon 1634 L'Age Extinct 1635  
Duke of Saint-Simon 1635 Rouvroy Extinct 1755  
Duke of La Force 1637 Caumont Extinct 1755  
Duke of Aumale 1638 Savoie-Nemours Extinct 1641  
Duke of Aiguillon 1638 Vignerot, Plessis Extinct 1800  
Duke of Albret 1641 Bourbon-Condé Given away 1651  
Duke of Valentinois 1642 Grimaldi extinct 1731  
Duke of Aumale 1643 Savoie-Nemours Extinct 1652  
Duke of Gramont 1643 Gramont Extinct 1644  
Duke of Gramont 1648 Gramont Extant  
Duke of Rohan 1648 Rohan-Chabot Extant  
Duke of Albret 1665 La Tour d'Auvergne Extinct 1802  
Duke of Château-Thierry 1665 La Tour d'Auvergne Extinct 1802  
Duke of Bourbon 1661 Bourbon-Condé Merged in the Crown 1830  
Duke of Orléans 1661 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1830  
Duke of Chartres 1661 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1830 From 1674, the eldest son of the Duke of Orléans
Duke of Valois 1661 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1830  
Duke of Randan 1661 La Rochefoucauld-Randan, Foix de Candale Extinct 1714  
Duke of Verneuil 1663 Bourbon Extinct 1682  
Duke of Estrées 1663 Estrée Extinct  
Duke of La Meilleraye 1663 La Porte-Mazarin Extinct 1738  
Duke of Rethel 1663 La Porte-Mazarin Extinct 1738  
Duke of Villeroy 1663 Neufville Extinct 1794  
Duke of Mortemart 1663 Rochechouart Extant  
Duke of Poix 1663 Créquy Extinct 1687  
Duke of Saint-Aignan 1663 Beauvilliers extinct 1828  
Duke of La Rocheguyon 1663 Plessis-Liancourt Extinct 1674  
Duke of Tresmes 1663 Potier Extinct 1794 title changed to Duke of Gesvres in 1670
Duke of Noailles 1663 Noailles Extant  
Duke of Coislin 1663 Cambout Extinct 1732  
Duke of Choiseul 1665 Choiseul Extinct 1705  
Duke of Aumont 1665 Aumont Extinct 1888  
Duke of Roannais 1667 Aubusson de La Feuillade Extinct 1725  
Duke of Nemours 1672 Royal family Merged in the Crown in 1830  
Duke of Aubigny 1673 Gordon-Lennox Extant  
Duke of Saint-Cloud 1674 n/a Extinct 1811 held by the Archbishop of Paris
Duchess of Angoulême 1675 Orléans Extinct 1696  
Duke of Beaufort 1688 Montmorency-Luxembourg Extinct 1862 title changed to Duke of Montmorency in 1689; extended in 1864, extinct 1951
Duke of Duras 1689 Durfort, Chastellux Extant title changed to Duke of Rauzan in 1825
Duke of Boufflers 1695 Boufflers extinct 1751  
Duke of Harcourt 1700 Harcourt Extant  
Duke of Guise 1704 Bourbon-Condé Merged in the Crown 1830  
Duke of Villars 1705 Villars Extinct 1777  
Duke of Alençon 1710 Royal family extinct 1714  
Duke of Angoulême 1710 Royal family Extinct 1714  
Duke of Fitz-James 1710 Fitz-James Extinct 1967  
Duke of Rambouillet 1771 Légitimé de France, Bourbon Extinct 1792  
Duke of Rohan-Rohan 1714 Rohan Extant  
Duke of Valentinois 1716 Goyon de Matignon, Grimaldi Extinct 1949 Used as subsidiary title for Prince of Monaco
Duke of Mercœur 1723 Bourbon-Conti sold 1770  
Duke of Rochefort 1728 Rohan Extant  
Duke of Châtellerault 1730 La Trémoille Extinct 1759  
Duke of Lauragais 1731 Brancas Extinct 1794  
Duke of Ayen 1737 Noailles Extinct 1793  
Duke of Lesparre 1739 Gramont Extinct 1801  
Duke of Gisors 1742 Fouquet Extinct 1761  
Duke of Broglie 1742 Broglie Extant  
Duke of Anville 1746 La Rochefoucauld Extinct 1792  
Duke of Coigny 1747 Coigny Extinct 1865  
Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre 1755 Clermont-Tonnerre Extant  
Duke of Laval 1758 Montmorency-Laval Extinct 1851  
Duke of Villequier 1759 Aumont Extinct 1888  
Duke of Picquigny 1761 Albert de Chaulnes Extinct 1769 or 1792  
Duke of Praslin 1762 Choiseul Extant  
Duke of Beaumont 1765 Montmorency-Luxembourg Extinct 1878  
Duke of Liancourt 1765 La Rochefoucauld Extant  
Duke of Poix 1767 Noailles Extinct 1794  
Duke of Anjou 1771 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1795  
Duke of Angoulême 1773 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1824  
Duke of Auvergne 1773 Royal family exchanged 1778  
Duke of Mercœur 1773 Royal family Exchanged 1778  
Duke of Croï d'Havré 1773 Croy d'Havré    
Duke of Alençon 1774 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1795  
Duke of Civrac 1774 Durfort de Civrac Extinct 1787  
Duke of Quintin 1774 Durfort de Civrac de Lorge Extant title changed to Duke of Lorge in 1776
Duke of Lesparre 1774 Gramont Extinct 1795  
Duke of Berry 1776 Royal family Merged in the Crown 1824  
Duc du Châtelet 1777 Châtelet Extinct 1793  
Duke of Guiche 1780 Gramont extinct 1836  
Duke of Polignac 1780 Polignac Extant  
Duke of Maillé 1784 Maillé de La Tour Landry Extant  
Duke of Lévis 1784 Lévis Extinct 1863  
Duke of Saulx-Tavannes 1786 Saulx-Tavannes    
Duke of La Force 1787 Caumont Extant  
Duke of Massa 1806 Régnier Extinct 1962  
Duke of Dantzig 1807 Lefebvre Extinct 1820  
Duke of Parme 1808 Cambacérès Extinct 1824  
Duke of Plaisance 1808 Lebrun Extinct 1926  
Duke of Bellune 1808 Victor Extinct 1853  
Duke of Conegliano 1808 Moncey Extinct 1842  
Duke of Trévise 1808 Mortier extinct 1912  
Duke of Dalmatie 1808 Soult Extinct 1857  
Duke of Valmy 1808 Kellermann Extinct 1868  
Duke of Rivoli 1808 Masséna Extant  
Duke of Raguse 1808 Marmont Extinct 1852  
Duke of Padoue 1808 Arrighi de Casanova Extinct 1888  
Duke of Montebello 1808 Lannes Extant  
Duke of Castiglione 1808 Augereau Extinct 1915  
Duke of Auerstaedt 1808 Davout Extinct 1853 extended 1864, Extant
Duke of Abrantes 1808 Junot Extinct 1859 Extended 1869, extinct 1985
Duke of Elchingen 1808 Ney Extinct 1969  
Duke of Rovigo 1808 Savary Extinct 1872  
Duke of Vicence 1808 Caulaincourt Extinct 1896  
Duke of Bassano 1809 Maret Extinct 1906  
Duke of Feltre 1809 Clarke Extinct 1852 Extended 1864, extant
Duke of Istrie 1809 Bessières Extinct 1856  
Duke of Tarente 1809 MacDonald Extinct 1912  
Duke of Cadore 1809 Nompère de Champagny Extinct 1893  
Duke of Gaete 1809 Gaudin Extinct 1841  
Duke of Otrante 1809 Fouché Extant  
Duke of Reggio 1810 Oudinot Extant  
Duke of Navarre 1810 Beauharnais Extinct 1852  
Duke of Dalberg 1810 Dalberg Extinct 1833 Extended as Duke of Tascher de La Pagerie in 1859, extinct 1902
Duke of Decrès 1813 Decrès Extinct 1820  
Duke of Albufera 1813 Suchet Extant  
Duchess of Frioul 1813 Duroc Extinct 1829  
Duchess of Saint-Leu 1814 Beauharnais Extinct 1837  
Duke of Cars 1816 Pérusse Extinct 1822  
Duke of La Châtre 1817 La Châtre Extinct 1824  
Duke of Sabran 1817 Sabran, Pontevès Extant  
Duke of Talleyrand 1817 Talleyrand-Périgord Extinct 1968  
Duke of Croy 1817 Croy Extant  
Duke of Avaray 1817 Bésiade Extinct 1941  
Duke of Bauffremont 1817 Bauffremont Extant  
Duke of Crillon 1817 Berton des Balbes Extinct 1870  
Duke of Valengin 1817 Berthier Extinct 1918  
Duke of Havré 1817 Croy Extinct 1839  
Duke of Choiseul 1817 Choiseul, Marmier Extinct 1947 title changed to Duke of Marmier in 1839
Duke of Aremberg 1824 Arenberg Extinct 1877  
Duke of Blacas 1824 Blacas d'Aulps Extant  
Duke of Rivière 1825 Rivière Extinct 1901  
Duke of Cars 1825 Pérusse Extant  
Duke of Caraman 1830 Riquet Extant  
Duke of Céreste 1830 Brancas-Villars Extinct 1858  
Duke of Melfort 1841 Drummond Extinct 1902  
Duke of Pasquier 1845 Pasquier Extant title changed to Duke of Audiffret-Pasquier in 1862
Duke of Isly 1845 Bugeaud Extinct 1865  
Duke of Montmorot 1847 Muñoz Extinct 1873  
Duke of Malakoff 1856 Pélissier Extinct 1864  
Duke of Magenta 1859 MacMahon Extant  
Duke of Morny 1863 Morny Extinct 1943  
Duke of Persigny 1863 Fialin Extinct 1885  
Heraldic depiction of a duke's coronet

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